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Webster 1913 Edition

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(lĭt′tȧ)

Noun.

;

pl.

Lyttæ

(-tē)

[L., a worm said to grow under the tongue of dogs, and to cause canine madness, fr. Gr.

λύττα

λύσσα

, lit., madness.]

(Anat.)

A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.

lytta ‎(plural lyttae)

(anatomy, archaic) A fibrous muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, such as the dog.

lytta